The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD's) recently published CEO Guide to the Circular Economy is an excellent introduction for CEOs and high-level leaders. But now, a more detailed guidance is needed for technical experts who can help encourage systemic change in specific areas of the company – whether in design, manufacturing, finance or elsewhere.

The Washington Department of Ecology and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, working with the Oregon Sustainability Board, commissioned four diverse case studies of businesses with experience evaluating their product environmental footprints.

The businesses have used product environmental footprinting to assess environmental conditions, identify opportunities for improvement, uncover business potential, and communicate with customers. The case studies highlight benefits, challenges, lessons learned and best practices.

FSLCI recently launched its circular economy workshop report which summarizes the discussions and conclusions from the workshop "Circular Economy, Resource Efficiency, Life Cycle Innovation: Same objectives, same impacts?", which was organized at the beginning of this year in Berlin, Germany.

The industry-focused workshop brought together representatives from various companies such as BASF, Evonik, Henkel, and Steelcase to discuss, to what extent the Circular Economy vision is compatible with existing life cycle and resource efficiency based approaches.

The Journal of Industrial Ecology recently published a Special Issue on Exploring the Circular Economy. This special examines environmental, resource, engineering, managerial, design, and policy dimensions of the circular economy.